Bilateral lesions of medialis dorsalis (MD) thalamic nuclei in chronically implanted cats disrupt the sleep-waking cycle by inducing a reduction of both slow-wave and desynchronized sleep and a corresponding increase of wakefulness. Bilateral lesions of the anterior thalamic group produce some postural deficits but no changes in the percentage of sleep and wakefulness. The hypothesis that MD lesions alter the sleep processes by interrupting an anterior forebrain-MD-cortical link has been put forward.
CHANGES IN SLEEP WAKING CYCLE INDUCED BY LESIONS OF MEDIALIS DORSALIS THALAMIC NUCLEI IN THE CAT / G. Alberto Marini, L. Imeri, M. Mancia. - In: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. - ISSN 0304-3940. - 85:2(1988), pp. 223-227.
CHANGES IN SLEEP WAKING CYCLE INDUCED BY LESIONS OF MEDIALIS DORSALIS THALAMIC NUCLEI IN THE CAT
G. Alberto Marini;L. ImeriSecondo
;M. ManciaUltimo
1988
Abstract
Bilateral lesions of medialis dorsalis (MD) thalamic nuclei in chronically implanted cats disrupt the sleep-waking cycle by inducing a reduction of both slow-wave and desynchronized sleep and a corresponding increase of wakefulness. Bilateral lesions of the anterior thalamic group produce some postural deficits but no changes in the percentage of sleep and wakefulness. The hypothesis that MD lesions alter the sleep processes by interrupting an anterior forebrain-MD-cortical link has been put forward.
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